Chapter 56: Drinking and Feasting in the Palace
Baili Baoshu got off the sedan chair in front of the palace gate, wearing a silver-white palace dress, the sleeves and the corners of the clothes were embroidered with pieces of flying roses, wide sleeves were tied to the waist, and the palm-wide jade belt was tightly tied around the waist.
Three thousand ink hair is as straight as a waterfall, combed in a simple and generous bun, with a set of equally plain hostas, and a pair of ear chains with broken jade tassels between the ears.
The slender white knuckles slightly exposed the hand that held the magpie outstretched out, looking at the slave who was already waiting at the palace gate.
"The slave maid greets Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is safe."
"Her Royal Highness the eldest princess Wan An ......".
Baili Baoshu glanced at it and didn't say much, and the magpie wearing dark blue palace clothes helped Baili Baoshu and walked straight to the inner courtyard of the palace.
Behind him, a slave was left behind, led by a female official dressed in a position, her face flashed unwillingly, but she quickly followed.
Baili Baoshu has the qualification to ride a sedan chair in the palace, this is Baili Yao had an amnesty a long time ago, but recently just passed through the north gate of the palace, the palace wall of the inner palace has not yet been seen, and there is a small female official in front of it.
Baili Baoshu walked forward leisurely, with only one attendant by his side, the sky had begun to darken, and the banquet in the palace was about to start, and the slave who followed Baili Baoshu followed for a while and had to grit his teeth and speak.
"Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, the banquet time is about to start, dare to ask Her Royal Highness the eldest princess to take two steps quickly."
"Presumptuous, how can you allow a little female official to talk too much here in front of Your Highness", Baili Baoshu paused when he heard this, and the magpie next to him immediately opened his mouth and admonished.
“…… The duty of the slave and maid is also to ask Her Royal Highness the eldest princess to forgive me, today there are also a variety of nobles, if something goes wrong, the slave and maid will not be able to afford to die", the slave and maid who lowered their heads said in a respectful and embarrassed tone.
Baili Baoshu looked down at the crimson petals on his sleeves, "Of course you can't afford to die", Baili Baoshu said lightly, "What do you have to do with this palace."
"The slave and maid should die, it's all the slave's fault, Her Royal Highness the eldest princess spared the slave and maid."
Baili Baoshu did not look at the slave and maid kneeling in front of him and kowtowing heavily, but turned to look at the several sedan chairs slowly coming on another palace road.
The sedan chair stopped not far in front of him.
This side has not yet reached the boundary of the harem, and Baili Baoshu looked at the few people who got down from the sedan chair and walked this way.
"I've seen Her Royal Highness the eldest princess."
Baili Baoshu also bowed his head slightly and received half a salute from several marquises, although these three counts did not care about political affairs, but the influence in the Qiang Dynasty was still not small, not to mention that it was the wife of the marquis, and even he had to call himself an imperial aunt.
"What's going on on Your Highness's side...... The head of the Marquis An asked.
“…… It's all the slave's fault, the slave and the maid should be damned to dislike Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and please ask Her Royal Highness the eldest princess to move your steps first for the sake of the palace banquet about to start, and the slave and maid will definitely ask the concubine for punishment in advance", Baili Baoshu has not yet spoken, and the slave kneeling on the side has opened his mouth to speak.
Baili Baoshu sneered in his heart and looked at this self-proclaimed smart slave, he couldn't see what was on the table, and even these eyes were useless.
The slaves and maids on the ground were crying pitifully, and they were bent on asking for forgiveness from Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, and it was at the moment when the ministers and noblewomen entered the palace, and it would not be long before Her Royal Highness the eldest princess served the female officials in the palace to be publicized.
"This slave is not as well-behaved as the one from my Hou Mansion, Your Highness, don't be angry with this kind of slave", Rong Dinghou, who was standing behind the Hou Hou, said with his eyes glared at the boss.
"Someone will send His Royal Highness to the inner palace for a banquet first", Rong Dinghou looked at the words without thinking, but sometimes his heart was clear, and he immediately beckoned to the sedan chair behind him.
The Marquis of An and the Marquis of Bow also smiled and said nothing, looking at Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, who had never put the slave and maid kneeling on the side in her eyes, and did not shirk to do it on the sedan chair of Rong Dinghou.
Seeing the sedan chair go away, several marquis also looked at each other and smiled and walked in the direction of Qianqing Palace.
The female officer, who was still kneeling in place, looked up at Her Royal Highness the eldest princess, who had already walked a long way, and sat on the ground with the blood on her face.
Now that Her Royal Highness the eldest princess is out of the palace, Qi Guifei is in power in this harem, and there is a princess who has held this year's Qiang National Flower Festival, who can guarantee that this second princess will not be another favored princess, so if the risk is blown a little, there are many minions who have different thoughts.
Qi Qingwan also seemed to want to re-establish her majesty in the harem, and Baili Feifeng also wanted to give Baili Baoshu a dismount, but the mother and daughter were unanimous and did not have any displeasure with the actions of these minions.
The magpie followed the sedan chair, and arrived just in time for the feast to begin.
Because of the premise that General Feng won the battle this year, although the flower festival was not as lively as before, this time the palace invited all the relatives and nobles in the royal city to the palace to have a banquet together.
Baili Baoshu helped the magpie to walk to the palace of the banquet, the sky was dark, the palace lamp had been lit in the hall, there were a lot of ladies and ladies sitting on both sides, and there were a few deep boudoir women who had not yet come out of the pavilion, even if Baili Baoshu did not know and knew that it was not an ordinary family of magnates who could enter the palace.
"The imperial sister is the last to arrive, and it can be regarded as the finale", Baili Feifeng looked at Baili Baoshu who walked in and raised a soft little face and said.
Baili Baoshu also raised the corners of his mouth lightly, and did not answer Baili Feifeng's words, and looked at the concubine Niangniang who was not sick this year, "Last year, the concubine Niangniang did not appear, and before entering the palace, I was worried that the concubine Niangniang would not be absent this year, but looking at the concubine Niangniang's complexion is still good."
Last year, Baili Baoshu held a flower festival, and the matter of the concubine who had always been in charge of the harem was mentioned by Baili Baoshu after a year, and the faces of the people present were a little subtle.
After Baili Baoshu finished speaking, he stepped forward and took two steps, stopping in front of the woman wearing a dark purple palace dress sitting on the top of the left-hand side, "Baoshu has seen Aunt Huang, does Aunt Huang still remember Baoshu?" ”。
Princess Jin also looked at Baili Baoshu with a sincere smile on her face, "When I was a child, I was a little beauty, but now that I have grown up, there is really no one to compare."
Baili Baoshu just said to Qi Qingwan, and everyone at the banquet did not react, but looking at Princess Jin's intimate attitude towards the eldest princess, many people in the banquet also echoed two sentences.
Baili Feifeng, who was sitting above, could barely hide the look of the atmosphere, Baili Baoshu could still endure it in front of so many people, but this Jin princess, she even got up in person to greet her just now, and she didn't see her so kind.
Baili Baoshu and this imperial aunt said a few words and then entered their positions, and there were many faces that Baili Baoshu had never seen last year, and the magpie who knelt on the side to give Baili Baoshu Bucai also whispered one by one.
Baili Baoshu raised his eyes and looked at the sight that came through not far from the opposite side, she was also a young woman, dressed plainly, facing with elegance and dignity, sitting with the people of the Shangguan family?
The magpie whispered a few words in Baili Baoshu's ear, and Baili Baoshu nodded at the only daughter of the Nanfeng family without too much surprise.
As for the daughters-in-law of several important ministers who were more active in the banquet last year, they were much quieter, and there were three marquises sitting here in a dignified manner, where is there still a place for them to speak, but they just echoed two sentences below.
However, Baili Feifeng, who was sitting on it, couldn't sit still, not only said a few cold words to the Liang family who was present from the Qi family, but didn't stop until Qi Qingwan glanced at it.
There are few people here who don't know about the Qi family and the Liang family, but the Liang family's life in the Qi family is really not very easy now, Qi Hu looks gentle and gentle on the surface, but in private he is a grudge.
This side was blocked out by Mrs. Liang, and soon the old lady of the Qi family made the decision to stuff two rooms into her grandson's room, one of which was said to be pregnant and was already planning to be raised as a concubine.
Liang's belly is also unlucky, with a girl under his knees, and there has been no movement for so many years, and now there is such a thing in his mother's family and his father's family, and it is embarrassing to laugh and laugh during the whole banquet.
Baili Baoshu didn't have the mood to pay attention to Baili Feifeng, he still remembered those bad things last year, he thought that after the banquet, he would take someone back home, but he didn't expect that Baili Feifeng didn't want to give up this opportunity at all, and wanted Baili Baoshu to lose face.
"I heard that the imperial sister drove away the two grandmothers in the house, and the imperial sister must have many inconveniences when she just opened the mansion, and the imperial sister should not be forced to endure it for a while, otherwise the father will know that the father will be blamed in the future ......after being wronged."
"The affairs in this palace don't worry about the imperial sister", Baili Baoshu didn't bother to pay attention to Baili Feifeng, who was frequently in front of him now.
"Where the imperial sister said, there are only two sisters in the palace, and the imperial sister will naturally care about one or two when she leaves the palace."
Baili Baoshu put down the silver chopsticks in his hand early, and looked up at the extraordinarily gorgeous and delicate Baili Feifeng, whose soft facial features were a little secretly vicious in Baili Baoshu's eyes under the reflection of the candle flame.
"The next person to leave the palace is the royal sister, the imperial sister might as well care about her own affairs, but she won't be in a hurry to lack one or two grandmothers in charge", Baili Baoshu lowered his head and tidied up his clothes.
"The banquet is almost over, the royal sister has been really tired recently because of many matters preparing to open the mansion, the imperial sister will go back to the house first, the imperial sister has any opinions."
"The imperial sister is tired, the imperial sister doesn't dare to keep it, the imperial sister is light", Baili Feifeng's face looked at Baili Baoshu with a smirk.
"That's good", Baili Baoshu said and walked out of his position, bent down to Princess Jin on the opposite side and took the lead in leaving.
The royal princes and nobles in the entire banquet just quietly watched Her Royal Highness the eldest princess who left first, and the corners of her clothes embroidered with rose petals fluttered, and soon disappeared in front of everyone's eyes.
This week's exam is going to be examined, and the writer said that he wants to review well and keep changing to the greatest extent
If it's too late, then I don't blame the writer, the writer, the writer, the sincere heart of the writer